hopper ballon

How it feels like to ride in a hot air balloon without the basket? Instead, the hopper pilot usually sits on a seat or wears a harness similar to a parachute harness. Who would like to try???

I have never gotten to try this but I have seen plenty about it in cartoons and movies. It seems to be a rather old fashioned form of entertainment or air travel. Maybe one day I can eventually go for a hot air balloon ride! It seems like it would be quite fun being so high up in the sky.

So this is basically a sit-down hot air balloon? Seems no less risky as a typical hot air balloon, I've never seen or heard of one of these actually. I've seen a few hot air balloon accidents on YouTube, they don't seem like something to look forward to. I wish hot air balloons had a little more control.